Question 1

Briefly describe the people of Micronesia.

Accepted Answer

Their societies are more stratified frequently organized around chieftainships. They have craft and ritual specializations and their religions include deities and ancestors. Micronesian culture centers around the sea and their artistic imagery relates to the sea. They have a tendency to simplify and abstract the human form into essential geometric planes.

Question 2

The last islands of Oceania to be colonized (Pre-European Contact) were which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Melanesia 
B)  Polynesia 
C)  Micronesia 
D)  Australia 
A)  Melanesia 
B)  Polynesia 
C)  Micronesia 
D)  Australia B

Question 3

What is one possible explanation for the eradication of tattooing in Polynesia?

Accepted Answer

A)  practice lost favor when metal needles were introduced 
B)  designs became stale 
C)  practice lost favor when European sailors wanted tattoos 
D)  missionary zeal worked to eradicate tattooing 
A)  practice lost favor when metal needles were introduced 
B)  designs became stale 
C)  practice lost favor when European sailors wanted tattoos 
D)  missionary zeal worked to eradicate tattooing D

Question 4

Which of the following is a control mechanism used on Belau (Pelau) warning women to stay away from the ocean and the bai?

Accepted Answer

A)  Blellek 
B)  Dilukai 
C)  Kuka'ilimoku 
D)  Kamehameha 
A)  Blellek 
B)  Dilukai 
C)  Kuka'ilimoku 
D)  Kamehameha

Question 5

The Asmat have a rich visual vocabulary for symbols. They consider the female praying mantis to represent which the following meanings in their art?

Accepted Answer

A)  fertility 
B)  female power 
C)  family 
D)  head-hunting/cannibalism 
A)  fertility 
B)  female power 
C)  family 
D)  head-hunting/cannibalism

Question 6

The Iatmul men's house represents what function to the community?

Accepted Answer

It symbolizes the protective mantle of t

Question 7

Bisj poles serve as pledges to avenge a relative's death; many of the animal representations that decorate the poles are related to headhunting. Which of the following animals might be represented?

Accepted Answer

A)  shark 
B)  dog 
C)  flying fox 
D)  cat 
A)  shark 
B)  dog 
C)  flying fox 
D)  cat

Question 8

What pottery making culture settled in western Polynesia inc. 1000 BCE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Goleta 
B)  Arnhem 
C)  Lapita 
D)  Sepik 
A)  Goleta 
B)  Arnhem 
C)  Lapita 
D)  Sepik

Question 9

What was the purpose of these figures?

Accepted Answer

Bisj poles, Asmat, Irian Jaya and Diluka

Question 10

For the Asmat head-hunting was a way of maintaining a balance of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  political power 
B)  family power 
C)  jurisdiction 
D)  spiritual power 
A)  political power 
B)  family power 
C)  jurisdiction 
D)  spiritual power

Question 11

How do these images represent power within their respective communities and cultures?

Accepted Answer

Ceremonial men's house, Iatmul, Papua Ne

Question 12

How did these images represent their respective communities and cultures?

Accepted Answer

Kuka'ilimoku, war god, Hawaii and Moai,

Question 13

How was information transmitted from one generation to next in Pacific Island societies?

Accepted Answer

A)  verbally 
B)  written manuscripts 
C)  calligraphy carved on boards 
D)  stone carvings 
A)  verbally 
B)  written manuscripts 
C)  calligraphy carved on boards 
D)  stone carvings

Question 14

What does this feather head god have in common with the Hawaiian full-length wooden gods?

Accepted Answer

Head of Lono . Although very different i

Question 15

New Guinea is made up of which of the following countries?

Accepted Answer

A)  Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea 
B)  Bismarck Archipelago and Irian Jaya 
C)  New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea 
D)  Vanuatu and Irian Jaya 
A)  Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea 
B)  Bismarck Archipelago and Irian Jaya 
C)  New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea 
D)  Vanuatu and Irian Jaya

Question 16

Dynamic forms covered with intricate curvilinear designs are most typical of which of the following peoples?

Accepted Answer

A)  Maori 
B)  Hawaiians 
C)  Arnhem Land aborigines 
D)  Rapa Nui people 
A)  Maori 
B)  Hawaiians 
C)  Arnhem Land aborigines 
D)  Rapa Nui people

Question 17

What is the meaning of the Maori door lintel?

Accepted Answer

Maori passing beneath the lint

Question 18

Figure carvings on a Maori meetinghouse represent which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  navigation charts 
B)  real and mythological ancestors 
C)  landscapes 
D)  events 
A)  navigation charts 
B)  real and mythological ancestors 
C)  landscapes 
D)  events

Question 19

Briefly describe Polynesian societies.

Accepted Answer

Complex socio and political institutions

Question 20

What do these images signify?

Accepted Answer

Bisj poles, Asmat, Irian Jaya and Hair o

Exam 36: Oceania Before 1980

Briefly describe the people of Micronesia.

The last islands of Oceania to be colonized (Pre-European Contact) were which of the following?

What is one possible explanation for the eradication of tattooing in Polynesia?

Which of the following is a control mechanism used on Belau (Pelau) warning women to stay away from the ocean and the bai?

The Asmat have a rich visual vocabulary for symbols. They consider the female praying mantis to represent which the following meanings in their art?

The Iatmul men's house represents what function to the community?

Bisj poles serve as pledges to avenge a relative's death; many of the animal representations that decorate the poles are related to headhunting. Which of the following animals might be represented?

What pottery making culture settled in western Polynesia inc. 1000 BCE?

What was the purpose of these figures?

For the Asmat head-hunting was a way of maintaining a balance of which of the following?

How do these images represent power within their respective communities and cultures?

How did these images represent their respective communities and cultures?

How was information transmitted from one generation to next in Pacific Island societies?

What does this feather head god have in common with the Hawaiian full-length wooden gods?

New Guinea is made up of which of the following countries?

Dynamic forms covered with intricate curvilinear designs are most typical of which of the following peoples?

What is the meaning of the Maori door lintel?

Figure carvings on a Maori meetinghouse represent which of the following?

Briefly describe Polynesian societies.

What do these images signify?

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